Fairy Tail: Eternal Adventure, Chapter 9
The Mighty One!
It was morning. After Mark, all happy and ready for new adventures, woke up and did his usual morning routine, he headed straight for the guild to find a job. Before he took a look at the request board, though, he came across Lucy, Natsu and Happy, with Gray nowhere to be seen.
-´Hello guys. Good morning!´
-´Good morning, Mark.´- said Lucy and Natsu simultaneously
-´Aye!´
-´Gray's not here in case you're wondering.´
-´Yeah. He always comes late in the morning.´
Gray then almost immediately came in the guild, shocked as if something extraordinary will happen.
-´Woah! How come you're already here, man?´- said surprised Natsu
-´Why would you care you pyromaniac?´
-´I just asked a question you popsicle.´
The two then gazed upon each other for a while, both full of anger and ready to fight. Luckily, Mark and Lucy intervened just in time:
-´Um guys? You're freaking me out.´
-´Is something special today so you woke up early, Gray?´- said calm Mark
Ice-Make Mage and Fire Dragon Slayer then stopped intimidating each other.
-´You bet it is! Erza is coming back!´- said Gray in response, almost terrified upon telling her name
-´Woah! The Erza! Titania and Queen of Fairies?´- said Lucy, somewhat excited to hear the news
-´Yes, our Erza!´- Gray replied
Mark noticed that both Gray and Natsu were looking intimidated and terrified:
-´Is there something wrong guys? You don't look very normal.´
-´Who? Us? What do you mean, huh?´- said Natsu, shaking in fear of some sort
-´It just that...Erza is scary!´- said terrified Gray
-´She's scary? Is she that much powerful?´- Mark wondered
-´Yeah! Even Natsu and Gray couldn't stand against her. Natsu challenged her to a fight once, but it didn't end up well for him. Immediately then, she saw Gray stripping so she beat him up, too.´- recounted Happy
-´That's not even true.´- said Gray, subconsciously stripping in the process
-´Yeah. Now put some clothes on, would you?´- said Lucy in response
-´When did this happen?´- said shocked Gray, as if he didn't even know he was stripping in the first place
-´She's here! Everyone, get ready!´- said one of the Mages after noticing Erza coming towards the guild. A red-haired girl in heavy armor then came in with a giant horn, presumably taken from a monster.
-´Welcome back, Erza!´- everyone from Fairy Tail greeted with respect
-´And where did you get that horn, Erza?´- asked one of them
-´This is from a monster I personally defeated. The villagers then decorated it and gifted it to me as a token of esteem.´
-´It's so enormous.´- said shocked Lucy after seeing Erza hold it in her one hand-´Oh, we didn't meet. I'm Lucy and I joined this guild just recently.´
-´Yes. Me, too. I'm Mark. It's and honor to meet you, Titania.´- said Mark with respect
-´It's a pleasure to meet you. I welcome you to our guild.´
-´Look, Erza. Me and Gray finally got along.´- said Natsu, pretending to get along with Gray, who was doing the same
-´It's nice to see that.´- said Erza with a warm smile
Mark and Lucy exchanged looks after looking at scared Natsu and Gray
-´Now, where is master Makarov?´- asked Erza
-´He's at one of those meetings today.´- said Happy
-´I see . Now, I gotta admit I heard some bad rumors about Fairy Tail. Master Makarov may not care, but I most certainly do.´
Soon after that, she began lecturing almost every member of the guild, from Natsu and Gray to Macao and Wakaba.
-´(Well, she's not that much scary as I thought she would be.)´- thought Mark
-´Hey! Stop telling us what to do!´- said audaciously one of the Mages, interrupting Erza in the process
-´What did you say?´- said intimidating Erza
-´You heard me.´
Erza then kicked the brave one out, through the guild wall, with just a simple use of her hand
Everyone was even more intimidated now, noone even daring to contradict Erza
-´(Okay. Now that's scary.)´- said Mark in his thoughts
Lucy was looking somewhat between being impressed and being intimidated. Erza then continued her lecturing, with not a single voice, other than hers, to be heard. After her speech and everything settled again, Mark immediately went to Gray to ask him to teach him Ice-Make, unbeknownst to Gray:
-´Gray, I need a favor to ask.´
-´What for?´- said Gray, feeling kind of awkward
-´Since I'm and Ice-Make Mage, I need someone to teach me it because I'm barely capable of doing so myself.´
-´To teach you? Well, I never taught before but I can give it a shot. Come!´- Gray invited Mark
-´We're starting right now? Awesome!´- said Mark excitedly- ´Guys. I'm going to learn Ice-Make with Gray so see you soon!´- Mark said to Lucy, Natsu and Happy
-´You're going to learn magic? That sounds amazing. I'll come, too! You guys coming with me?´- asked Lucy Natsu and Happy
-´Noone's going anywhere. Learning Ice-Make requires concentration and quiet. Besides, Mt. Hakabe isn't the best place you want to spend your time.´
-´We're going on Mt. Hakabe? That sounds logical.´- said Mark
-´Yes. To learn Ice-Make you need to have a proper environment.´- Gray added
And so, they went on Mt. Hakabe to improve their magic.
To be continued...